Cuts Watch #256: Adult social care

Channel 4 Cuts Check has documented the extent of cuts to adult social care that are starting to take place across England. It transpires that as councils prepare for significant budget reductions caps on social care costs are being removed, meaning that elderly people will face significant increases in the costs they are required to pay for home care services that help them live independently.

Written by Nicola Smith

I’m Head of the Economic and Social Affairs Department at the TUC. I also represent the TUC on the Social Security Advisory Committee. My posts may therefore range from the environment to the welfare state via macro-economic policy but will inevit…